Privacy Statement

This statement aims to provide you with an overview of the types of personal information we collect through our websites and online systems and our practices in the storage use and disclosure of that information.

This statement has been developed to assist State Records to comply with the South Australian Government’s Information Privacy Principle Instruction (IPPI). The IPPI governs the way State Records collects, stores, uses and discloses personal information.

Collection of your personal information

When you perform a transaction on one our websites, we will collect the personal information you provide us for the purposes of processing your transaction and to provide goods and or services relevant your transaction. Specifically, we will collect your information when you:

register for any of our training sessions

purchase a product or service from us

register to provide comments on our website

register for access to our archival collection catalogue to order records.

We will only collect the personal information necessary to perform the transaction or deliver the service you have requested. The personal information we collect will generally be limited to your:

name

postal and/or delivery address

phone number

email address

details of the requested training, goods or services.

If you are a South Australian public sector employee and the costs of your requested training, goods or services are to be paid by your employing agency, we may collect the name and contact details of that agency to manage the payment for and or delivery of that training or those goods or services.

Financial information and credit card payments

You may pay for training, products and other services via our website with a valid credit card. Payments made via the State Records website are processed directly by the South Australian Government’s payment processing facility. Your financial information will be collected by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and handled in accordance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. State Records will receive notification of the successful processing of your payment once the transaction has been completed.

Data automatically collected on visiting the web site

Whenever you visit our website, we may automatically record some statistical information related to your visit to inform us how our website is being used. We use this information to determine ways to improve the site. The information automatically collected may include:

your IP address

the date and time of your visit

the pages you access

the documents you download

the previous website visited

the type of browser you use.

This information does not identify you personally. No attempt will be made to identify you from this statistical information except as required by law or otherwise in accordance with the IPPI.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website can transfer to your computer hard drive. Its purpose is to remember information about your preferences in using the website. We may use cookies to help you access and use our site and improve the service we offer. We will not attempt to identify you personally using a cookie.The use of cookies in this way is widespread and commonly accepted by users of the internet. However, you can set your browser to reject any cookies that our website may attempt to place on your computer. Please note that if you reject any cookies used by our website you may not benefit from the full functionality of the site.

Storage of Personal Information

Any personal information you provide us via our website will be stored in our databases and on our servers. Your information will be stored in South Australia.We will take reasonable steps to ensure the personal information we collect is stored securely and is not misused. We adopt a range of policy, physical, software and hardware safeguards to ensure the security of the personal information we hold. Access to personal information held in our databases, electronic and paper files is restricted to relevant State Records personnel and our government service providers. It is only accessed where necessary to process your transaction, to deliver the requested good or service, or to manage the operation and security of our website and associated databases.

If you do not wish to transact with us via our website you can contact us to discuss alternative ways to access to our services.

Use of Personal Information

We will generally only use your information for the purposes it was collected. That includes processing a transaction you have initiated, to deliver a requested good or service, to arrange and collect payment for goods or services, or to provide you with further information and related services.

However, we may use your personal information to contact you about future events or other services we provide or to ask you about the services that you have received or expect from us. We will only contact you in these circumstances if you have indicated via our website that you would like to receive this information. You can opt-out of receiving this information at any stage by contacting our office.

We may use statistical data we collate about our customers for the improvement of our website and customer services. However, none of the statistical data we use in this way will contain information that will identify you.

Disclosure of Personal Information

We will not generally disclose information about you that we collect via our website for a purpose other than the purpose for which it was collected unless you have consented to the disclosure or would otherwise reasonably expect us to disclose it for that secondary purpose.

However, we may disclose your personal information when we are required by law, including by order of an Australian court, or where reasonably necessary for law enforcement, or where reasonably necessary to prevent a serious threat to the life, health or safety of a person or public health or safety, or where the disclosure is otherwise permitted under IPPI.

Other Web Sites

This privacy statement only covers State Records web sites. It does not apply to other sites, even when we have provided you with a direct link. We recommend that you check the privacy statements of other web sites to which you may have been directed from our web site.

Access and Correction

You can request to access and or correct personal information about you that is held by State Records by contacting us. In some limited circumstances State Records may ask you to make an application for access to that information under the Freedom of Information Act1991. This may occur where, for example, the information requested includes the personal information of another person or the disclosure of the information would represent a risk to public safety.

Complaints

If you have a complaint concerning a breach of your privacy by us you can complain in writing to the Director of State Records in the first instance. If you are not satisfied with the response we provide you can make a complaint to either the Privacy Committee of South Australia (recognising that the Committee is administratively supported by us) or to the South Australian Ombudsman.

If you would like more information about this statement, you can contact the Senior Privacy Officer on (08) 8204 8786 or at privacy@sa.gov.au